SUMMARY

Jonas was an eleven year old boy who lives with his parents and sister Lily who was 7 years old. They were a unit in this community where a speaker tells everybody what to do.  People in this community were oppressed by a committee members commanded by the “Giver”. They decided the future of everyone, for example when children turn 12 years old, the committee gives each child the job they will practice for the rest of their lives; this can be nurturer, birth mothers, instructor, designer... In order to get a job assigned they need to accomplish certain amount of volunteer hours, and this can help the committee to decide which job to give, because they were always watching and controlling them. On December everyone turns one more year, so it was really important for Jonas because soon he will turn twelve, so the committee will give him his job and he was wondering if he would like it or not. This community was full of rules, and if you broke one you will be released; this was really bad and you were humiliated. Everyone was afraid of this; but also the elders, at certain point of their lives they were released too, and this was good for them, so they weren’t afraid; they just went through the release room where adults farewell them and they just walk away and nobody know where they went. Jonas father was a nurturer, he always love to take care of children, and in this time he was in charge of one boy, named Gabriel; he thought that this boy needed special care because he wasn’t growing as every child and he could be “released” so he decided to give Gabriel a chance, giving extra attention like taking him home to share with family. 

TEXT RESPONSE

“He helped the woman from the chair, let her to the top, removed her robe, and steadied her with his hand on her arm as she stepped in and lowered herself. She lean back and sighted with pleasure, her head on a soft cushioned headrest.

“Comfortable?” he asked, and she nodded, her eyes closed. Jonas squeezes cleansing lotion onto the clean sponge at the edge of the top and begun to wash her fragile body.” (Lowry 30)

This made me remember when my great-grandmother was really sick and my grandma and I went downstairs and help her changing clothes and taking care of her, feeding her and making company. I remember that she was grateful with us and she enjoyed our company as much as I did. I remember her with great affection; she was very generous and loving. I miss her very much.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Prediction: I think Jonas will face a lot of problems because he is different from the others. Not only physically but they way he was. This little boy Gabriel, he was physically different as Jonas; while everyone was black hair and black eyes, Jonas and Gabriel had light brown hair and brown eyes. Maybe Jonas had this connection with Gabriel, and at certain point Gabriel was “released” as he could reach the requirements, so Jonas tried to save him. Probably Jonas was “released” too, because of this but he escaped, and when he passed through the release room without anyone  notice it, he found a new world, where people were free and happy so he found Gabriel but he wanted to go back and save his family and his friend Asher. When he came back, his family and friend where capture, and Jonas suffered a lot of things to save them. At the end he uncovers the truth about this mean committee and the giver who were taking advantage of this innocent community. Jonas was the hero, and the community were free and happy.

Works Cited

 Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print. 

Blog Post 1

When I had my "interview" I noticed that this book is a Dystopia story because it had a perfect world and the truth was hidden. In the summary found on the back "Jonas s world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person I assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns twelve; he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now it’s time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back. “I could infer, using my previous knowledge about dystopia, that the truth is hidden since the part that says "Now it’s time for Jonas to receive the truth" I can infer that the in the book the Giver is going to play an important part in the life of the boy named Jonas. The Giver will actual tell Jonas that the truth is hidden, that the Giver actually know the difference between pain and pleasure.

I think that when Lowry states "For all the children to whom we entrust the future" he means that the children should be more devoted to society by reading. This means that kids should read more about the governors and learn from their mistakes. Take an example of the past, and prevent any inaccuracy in the future.   This also means that kids will be able to be prepared for any situations like it, by gaining more knowledge.

I think the book will be about a kid that questions himself about none—perfect world. Since he is curios, not like other kids, he starts investigating why the government is keeps so many secrets and are afraid of having a war. In school he questioned the teachers very much about this topic and the teachers were scared about this rebellion thoughts. The teachers talked to the director and the director to the vice-president. The vice-president consulted with the president and finally they will wait till the kid was 12. When Jonas was 12 years old he had an especial call from the governor. In the governors palace Jonas meet a man called The Giver. The Giver talked Jonas and The Giver (an old man)   told his story when he was little. Full of war, poverty, illness and many more problems. When the Giver and Jonas talked the Giver gave strange signals. He was telling Jonas in an indirect way (texts, words) that the governors of that year were cheating on everyone and the governors were full of abscission.